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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, The Fish of My Dreams.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Corbett decide to do when stalking the Bachelor of Powalgarh?
(a) Take only a light manueverable rifle.
(b) Lure the tiger to him.
(c) Ambush the tiger at a water hole.
(d) Dress as woman working in the field.

2. What does Corbett say about assuming a tiger is a man-eater?
(a) It is best to give the tiger the benefit of the doubt.
(b) The circumstance must be understood.
(c) All of the above.
(d) A post-mortem on the victim is important before assuming the death was caused by a tiger.

3. What do the men from Champawat report having heard and seen?
(a) The tigress wailing all night after getting shot.
(b) The woman running through the woods calling to her sister.
(c) The ghosts of the tigress's victims.
(d) The tigress carrying a naked woman in its mouth as she wailed and screamed for help.

4. What affect did the tiger turning on her have on the sister that pursued it?
(a) She died of a heart attack.
(b) She became religious.
(c) She lost her power of speech.
(d) She threw up.

5. What story does Corbett tell of Robin?
(a) The time Robin faced down a leopard.
(b) None of the above.
(c) The time Robin saved his life.
(d) The one time Robin left him in a tight corner.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many days in all does it take Corbett to kill the Bachelor of Powalgarh?

2. Which of the following best characterizes the Bachelor of Powalgarh?

3. When Robin backs away from the clerodendron bush, what does Corbett know this means?

4. What act of heroism does a young woman do when the tigress carries off her sister?

5. Why does the little boy Corbett remembers not fear tigers when he sleeps in the woods?

(see the answer key)

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